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AN APPEAL 



TO THE 



CHRISTIAN 
PEOPLE 



OF THE 



SOUTH 



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Adopted By 

CHURCH LEADERS' 
CONFERENCE 



BLUE RIDGE, NORTH CAROLINA 
AUGUST 18-21, 1920 



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INTER-RACIAL COMMISSION BY STATES. 



John J. Eagan, Chairman 

R. H. King, Director 

Will W. Alexander, Associate Director 

Edwin Mims, Director of Education 

ALABAMA 

M. W. Lee, 1412 Jefferson County Banik Bldg., 

Birmingham, Ala. 
P. L. Abernathy, 1412 Jefferson County Bank 

Bldg., Birmingham, Ala. 
Rev. R. H. McCaslin, D. D., First Presbyterian 

Church, Montgomery, Ala. 
Hon. John D. Rather, Tuscumbia, Ala. 
Major R. R. Moton, Tuskegee Institute, Tuske- 

gee, Ala. 

ARKANSAS. 

John L. Hunter, Central Y. M- C. A., Little Rock, 

Ark. 
Dr. J. H. Reynolds, Hendricks College, Conway. 

Ark. 

FLORIDA. 

O. E. Maple, Central Y. M. C A., Jacksonville, 

Fla. 
Dr. J. G. Venable, D. D., Riverside iPtesbyterian 

Church, Jacksonville, Fla. 
A W. Codkrell, Jr., Atty., Cockrell & Cockrell, 

Attys., Jacksonville, Fla. 

GEORGIA. 

Thomas Johnson, 1602 Candler Building, Atlanta, 
Ga. 

John J. Eagan, Citizens and Southern Bank Bldg. 
Atlanta, Ga. 

Dr. Plato Durham, 1050 Ponce de Leon Avenue, 
Atlanta, Ga. 
- Dr. M. Ashby Jones, D. D., Ponce de Leon Ave- 
nue Baptist Church Atlanta Ga. 

Dr. C. B. Wilmer, D. D-, St. Luke's Episcopal 
Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Mrs. J. D. Hammond, Madison, Ga. (temporary) 
Box 462, Islip, N. Y. 

Dr. Will W. Alexander, 1612 Candler Bldg., At- 
lanta, Ga. 



\V. B. Hill, State Educational Board, Atlanta, Ga. 

B. G. Alexander, 1610 Candler Bldg., Atlanta, 
Ga. 

Dr. John Hope, President Morehouse College, 
Atlanta, Ga. 

KENTUCKY. 

P. C. Dix, Central Y. M. C. A., Louisville, Ky. 

John H. Little, 540 Roselane, Louisville, Ky. 

Dr. Henry H. Sweets, Secretary Committee on 
Christian Education and Ministerial Relief, 
Southern Presbyterian Church, Louisville, Ky. 

LOUISIANA. 

Dr. George D. Booth, 634 Maison-Blanche Annex 
Bldg., New Orleans, La. 

Dr. G. B. Hines, Box 29, Lake Charles, La. 

Bishop R. E. Jones, 631 Baronne St., New Or- 
leans, La. 

MISSISSIPPI. 

Blake W. Godfrey, Daniel Building, Jackson, 

Miss. 
Bishop Theo- D. Bratton, Jackson. Miss. 
Dr. C. W. Crisler, D- D-, Jackson, Miss, 

NORTH CAROLINA 

G. C. Huntington, Central Y. M. C. A-, Charlotte, 
N. C. 

Dr. Wm. L- Poteat, President Wake Forest Col- 
lege, Waike Forrest, N. C. 

J. S. Hunter, Central Y. M. C- A-, Charlotte, N. C. 

Bishop George W. Clinton, A. M. E. 'Church, 
Charlotte, N. C- 

OKLAHOMA. 

C. C. Roberts, Jr., 416 Patterson Bldg., Oklahoma 

City, Okla. 

SOUTH CAROLINA. 

T. B. Lanham, Central Y. M. C. A., Columbia, 

S. C. 
Dr. Henry Nelson Snyder, President Wofford 

College, Spartanburg, S. C. 
G. Croft Williams, 1008 Palmetto Bank Building, 

Columbia, S. C- 
Dr. Josiah Morse, Professor University of South 

Carolina, Columbia, S. C. 
R. iH. King, Charleston, S. C. and Atlanta, Ga. 






TENNESSEE. 

A. B. Richardson, Central Y. M. C. A.. Nashville, 
Tenn. 

Dr. Edwin Mims, Vanderbilt University. Nash- 
ville, Tenn. 

.\rch Trawick, Tennessee Biscuit Co., Nashville, 
Tenn. 

Dr. W. D. Weatherford, Southern Association 
College. Nashville, Tenn. 

Dr. O. E. Goddard, Secretary Home Mission 
Board of the M. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. 

Dr. Isaac Fisher, Fisk University, Nashville. 
Tenn. 

TEXAS. 

L. A- Coulter, Central Y. M. C. A., Dallas, Texas- 
R. L. Smith, 817 North 4th St, Waco, Texas. 

VIRGINIA. 

S. A. Ackley, 902 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.. 
Richmond, Va. 

J. E. Pleasants, 902 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.. 
Richmond, Va. 

Dr. R. E. Blackwell, Randolph-Macon College. 
Ashland, Va. 

Dr. J. H. Dillard, President Jeanes Fund. Char- 
lottesville, Va. 

Homer L. Ferguson, President Newport News 
Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News. 
Va. 

Dr. John M. Gandy, President Petersburg Nor- 
mal & Industrial Institute, Petersburg, Va. 

Dr. Thomas Jesse Jones, 25 Madison Ave., New 
York City. 



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CONFERENCE OF CHITRCH LEADERS. 



Blue Ridge. N. C, August 18-21, 1920. 

The American Negro demonstrated anew 
durin!? the War with Grermany that he was 
a National asset. He bore his full share in 
every phase of the struggle. Its avowed ob- 
jectives had a special appeal to him. He 
spurned the German propagandists and 
showed himself everywhere a thoroughgo- 
ing American. The purposes of black Ameri- 
cans were identical with those of white 
Americans. 

The spiritual reaction which in America 
followed the sign'ng of the armistice was 
seen first perhaps in the changed attitude 
of the races. There was in some sections an 
effort to resurrect the Ku Klnx in prep- 
aration for a rumored uprising of the Ne- 
groes. There was a general undertone of 
excitement and apprehension among Negroes 
over rumored plans of whites to repress and 
oppress all Negroes, especially Negro sol- 
diers. Race riots became more and more 
frequent throughout the Nation. When 
these conditions began to be apparent there 
came together in Atlanta a group of men 
and women representing all sections of the 
Nation : some of them had been for many 
years laboring for better race relations; the 
others had in different phases of War Work 
in America and Overseas, been brought into 
close foueh with the Negro soldier. These 
men and M'omen agreed that some way 
must be discovered to dispel this race sus- 
picion and hatred and if possible make 
what threatened to be a National calamity 
contribute to permanent improvement in the 
relations of white and Negro Americans. 

After many conferences between men of 
both races and all sections of the country 
it became apparent that as nearly as pos- 
sible the facts shou'd be secured and such 
work begun as the facts seemed to demand. 
The National War Work Council of the 
Young Men's Christian Association appro- 
priated a sum of money (later other appro- 
priations were made) sufficient to make a 
beginnhig and the Interracial Commission 



was formed under the leadership of South- 
ern men and with authority to do anything 
possible to find a way out of the tangled 
race situation wdiicli the War had left. 

More than a year has passed. The Com- 
mission is now composed of about Fifty-five 
Southern white and Negro men who believe 
firmly that the War experience will finally 
result in producing in America a condition 
of confidence and co-operation hitherto im- 
possible between the' two most dissimilar 
races in the world. 

The work of the Commission has met with 
encouragement from editors, the bench, bar 
and educators, medical profession, and bus- 
iness men. The Y. M. C. A. State Commit- 
tees have co-operated in the organization of 
the local Inter-racial Committees and have 
thus rendered an indispensable service. 

It has become more and more apparent 
that the Spirit of Jesus of Nazareth must 
furnish the motive and method and power 
for adjusting these delicate personal rela- 
tions, and that the church must furnish the 
leadership and inspiration. At the request 
of the Commission three members — 

Rt. Rev. TheoxTore D. Bratton, Bishop of 
Mississippi. (See letter). 

Dr. William Louis Poteat, President of 
Wake Forrest College. 

Dr. R. E. Blackwell, President of Ran- 
dolph-Macon College, Virg:nia, issued invi- 
tations in the name of the Commission to 
a hundred leaders to attend a conference 
at .Blue Ridge, August 18-21, 1920. 

In spite of interferences from vacation 
time an ' ' "-^.-ristautly pressing obligations 
of the type ;£ men, sought, seventy leaders 
representing all of the larger denominations 
working in the South were in attendance. 
They discussed the facts presented and 
scrutinized every effort which had been 
made by the Commission. For the first 
time in their . history, church leaders from 
all sections of the Nation faced together this 
greatest home mission task at which each 
group had for years been working independ- 
ently. There was at the end unanimity of 
opinion as is shown by the following appeal. 



COMMITTE ON INTEPRETATION. 



Rev. Areh C. Cree, D. D., Chairman, Geor- 
gia. 

Rt. Rev. Thos. C. Darst, D. D., North Caro- 
lina. 

Rev. S. li. Morris, D. D., Georgia. 

Rev. U. G. Foote, D. D., Louisiana. 

Rev. R. L. Phelps, Mississippi. 

Rev. G. W. Brown, Kentucky, 
were at the first session of the conference 
appointed as Committee on Interpretation. 
At the closing session they brought in the 
following appeal to the Christians of the 
South which was unanimously adopted by 
the conference. 



AN APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN PEO- 
PLE OF THE SOUTH 

By 

THE CHRISTIAN LEADERS' CONFER- 
ENCE ON INTER-RACIAL CO- 
OPERATION. 

Held at Blue Ridge, N. C, August 18-21, 
1920. 

We, a group of white Christian men and 
women of the South, absolute^ loyal to the 
best traditions and convictions of the South, 
and especially to the principle of racial in- 
tegrity, voluntarily assembled upon the in- 
vitations of the Commission on Inter-racial 
Co-operation, and after prayerful and care- 
ful consideration of prevailing inter-racial 
relations and conditions, do delib'^rately de- 
clare it to be our profound conviction that 
the real responsibility for the solution of 
inter-racial problems in the South rests di- 
rectly upon the hearts and consciences of 
the Christian forces of our land. 

We are also persuaded that the best meth- 
od by which to approach the consideration 
and solution of such problems is through 
local organizations, composed of the recog- 
nized Christian leaders of both races, organ- 

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izations similar to the Christian Council 
formed and functioning so effectively under 
the inter-racial Christian leadership of At- 
lanta, Georgia. 

It is a matter of common knowledge that 
grave injustices are often suffered by mem- 
bers of the Negro race in matters of legal 
procedure, traveling facilities, educational 
facilities, the public press, domestic service, 
child welfare and in other relations of life. 
Therefore, we venture to make the following 
observations and suggestions: 

1. We unhesitatingly declare lynching to 
be a crime against the honor of our nation. 
We rejoice to knoAV that many Southern 
goremors and other Christian leaders have 
taken very high ground on this question 
and have by their attitude and action re- 
duced the crime of lynching in their respec- 
tive states. We believe the Christian peo- 
ple of the South are unalterably opposed to 
this savage practice. We, therefore, recom- 
mend that the pulpit, in the religious press 
and denominational literature, and in every 
other possible way, the Christian forces of 
the South unhesitating and uncompromising- 
ly condemn and oppose all mob violence, 
and that the voice of our united Christian 
effort be steadfastly raised in the defense 
of the sacredness of life and of law and or- 
der. 

2. In the matter of legal justice, we urge 
our ministers and laymen throughout the 
South, by frequent visitation, to keep in close 
touch with the administration of justice in 
their local courts, particularly in the petit 
courts. In this connection we express the 
hope that "LegaJ, Aid Societies" will bo 
formed in all cities and larger towns, and 
that the service of competent lawyers will be 
enlisted by such Legal Aid Societies to the 
end that the poor and the unprivileged of 
all races shall have justice. 

3. In the matter of traveling facilities, 
we recognize that frequently inadequate pro- 
vision is made by the railroads for Negro 
passengers. We therefore urge that the 
rights of the Negro race under the laws of 



separation pertaining to public transporta- 
tion, be strictly observed and safe-guarded 
in the provision of adequate and equitable 
arrangements for the safety and comfort of 
travelers of the Negro race. Particularly, 
do we urge that necessary provision be made 
for the privacy of colored women and for 
their protection from possible insult. 

4. In regard to the problems of sanita- 
tion and housing, we deplore the unsanitary 
and bad housing conditions which prevailed 
in many sections of the South, and we call 
upon the Christian people of our land to 
co-operate actively in righting such condi- 
tions in their respective communities for the 
protection of both races from possible de- 
trimental reaction from such conditions, as 
well as to safe-:'?uard the health and the ef- 
ficiency of the Negro race in particular. 
Especially do we feel that rooming accom- 
modations for those employed in d.)mestic 
service should be sueh as to insure the max- 
imum of moral as veil as physical protee- 
tion. 

5. In the mactur of education, we hold to 
the conviction thar ign;)rHnc.i breeis disor- 
der, vice and crim3, and that ari effo.^tual 
remedy is the enlightened Christian intelli- 
fence and conscience, which can be secured 
by education under Christian direction and 
auspices. We rejoice in the worthy efforts 
of the several Christian denominations io 
provide schools of the higher grades for 
the training of Negro ministers, /doctors, 
teachers, etc., and we express the hope that 
such beneficent efforts will be enlarged and 
multiplied in the ever advancing programa 
of the Christian forces of the South. In th« 
matter of public and elementary schools, we 
urge the white Christian leadership of th« 
South to see to it that adequate buildingi 
and equipment are provided for the public 
schools of the Negi'o race, that to this end 
an equitable distribution of school funds be 
had and that more adequate provision be 
made in the public school system for the 
training of Negro teachers. 

6. We urge the ministers of our churches 

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to preach to and to teach their people on 
these vital inter-racial issues and to exhort 
them to an immediate and practical appli- 
cation of Christian principles in all of their 
relations with the colored race. 

7. We call on all the Christion forces of 
our land, local and general, as individuals 
and as organizations, to lend their support 
and their co-operation to the humanitarian 
and Christian effort of the Commission on 
Inter-Racial Co-operation for the cultivation 
of a better understanding and more sympa- 
thetic and equitable relations between the 
races. 

8. We recommend that the ministry and 
leaders of the local churches of both races 
co-operate in the promotion of local Inter- 
Racial Committees for the purpose of secur- 
ing better inter-racial relations to the end 
that peace and justice may be observed for 
all. 

9. AVe respectfully, but very earnestly re- 
quest that the several official and denomina- 
tional organizations of both races in th« 
South, make a thorough and efficient study 
of the inter-racial situation in their respec- 
tive felds, and that they formulate worthy 
and adequate inter-racial programs within 
the fields and scope of their respective de- 
nominational and educational activities by 
which they can all make most valuable con- 
tributions to the end that this much-to-be- 
desired better understanding and spirit of 
co-operation be secured between the races 
for their mutual benefit. 

Ileiterating our loj^alty to the best 
traditions and convictions of the white 
people of the South and our unswerv- 
ing and unalterable adherence to both the 
principle and the practice of race integrity, 
we call upon our fellow Christians of both 
races throughout the South to unite in a sin- 
cere and immediate effort to solve our in- 
ter-racial problems with the spirit of Christ, 
according to the principles of the Gospel 
and for the highest interest and benefit of 
all concerned. 



ATTENDANCE BY DENOMINATIONS. 
Episcopal Church. 

Dr. S. L. Bost, Durham, N. C. 

Rt. Rev. Theodore D. Bratton, Bishop of Mississ- 
ippi, Jadlcson, Miss. 

Judge Lyman Chalkley, University of Kentucky, 
Lexington, Ky., representing Rt. Rev. Lewis 
W. Burton, Bishop of Lexington. 

Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop of East Caro- 
lin.i, Wilmington, N. C. 

Rt. Rev. E. Thomas Demby, Suffragan Bishop, 
1852 Cross St., Little Rock, Ark. 

Rt. Rev. Wm. Mercer Green, Bishop Coadjutor 
of Mississippi, Meridian, Miss. 

Dr. Wm. C. Robertson, Rector Christ's Church. 
Chattanooga, Tenn. Representing Bishop 
Troy Beatty., 

Dr George Gordon Smeade, Arch Deacon of 
Episcopal Church, Miss., Jackson, Miss. 

Rev. Gardiner L. Tucker, Provincial Board of 
Religious Education, Houma, La. 

Rt. Rev. Clinton S. Quin, Bishop Coadjutor, Dio- 
cese of Texas, 3708 Fannin St., Houston, Tex. 

Methodist Episcopal Church South. 

Dr. J. B- Adams, Conference Missionary Secre- 
tary, 1715 Edgeland Ave., Louisville, Ky. 

Di'. R. E. Blackwell, President iRando-lph-Macon 
College, Ashland Va- 

Dr. R. M. Courtney Missionary Secretary, West- 
ern North Carolina Conference, Thomasville. 
N. C 

Dr. J. E. Crawford, Missionary Secretary, Cen- 
tral Texas Conference, 1201 JefYerson St., 
Waco, Texas- 

Dr. U. G. Foote, Pastor Rayne Memorial Church, 
Pres. New Orleans Ministers Union, 1421 
Constantinople, New Orleans, La. 

Mrs. Luke Johnson, Member Board of Missions, 
Griffin, Ga. 

Dr. N. E. Joyner, Missionary Secretary, Louisiana 
Conference, 531 Florida St., Baton Rouge, La. 

Dr. K. N. Matthews Rep. Board of Missions. 
North Alabama Conference, Anniston, Ala. 

Dr. J. E. Morgan, Presiding Elder, Texarkana, 
Tex. 

Rev. W- A. Myres, Rep. Board of Missions. Flori- 
do Conference, 213 Lee St., Tampa, Fla. 

Dr. Thos. N. Pott^, Missionary Secretary, Vir- 

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ginia Conference, Salisbury, Md. 

Rev. John C- Roper. Rep. Board of Missions, Up- 
Per South CaroHna Conference, Centenary 
and Missionary Secretary, Chester, S. C. 

Dr. W. B. Taylor, Member Board of Missions, 
Murfreesboro, Tenn. 

Dr. W. D. Weatherford, President Southern Col- 
lege of Nashville, Tenn. Y. M. C. A. 

Dr. A. D. Wilcox, Missionary Secretary North 
'Carolina Conference; Pastor Trinity Church, 
Durham, N. C. 

Methodist Episcopal Church. 

Bishop E. G. Richardson, 63 Ponce de Leon Ave., 
Atlanta, Ga. 

Southern Baptist Church. 

Mrs. C. M. Brittain, Assistant Secretary of Mis- 
sions, Florida Baptist Convention, 502 Pro- 
fessional Bldg., Jacksonville, Fla. 

Dr. Arch C. Cree, Executive Secretary, Georgia 
Baptist Convention, 600 Flatiron Bldg.. At- 
lanta, Ga. 

Rev W. T. Derieux, Secretary Mission Commis- 
sion of the Baptist Denomination, Columbia, 
S. C 

Dr. C. S. Gardner, Rep. Southern Baptist Theo- 
logical Seminary, Norton Hall, Louisville, Ky. 

Mr. iLueco Gunter, Rep. Furman University, 
Greeville, S. C 

Dr. M. Ashby Jones, Pastor Ponce de Leon Bap- 
tist Church, Member Home Missions Com- 
mittee, Atlanta, Ga. 

Dr. J. L. Kesler, Faculty Southern College of Y. 
M. C A., Nashville, Tenn. 

Dr. S. C. Mitchell, Rep. Richmond College, Rich- 
mond, Va. 

Dr. W. L. Poteat, President Wake Forest College. 
'Wake Forest, N- C. 

Prof. A. T. Robertson, Southern Baptist Theo- 
logical Seminary, Louisville, Ky. 

Dr. Wm. H. Smith, Secretary-Treasurer, State 
Executive Board, 127 S. Court St., Montgom- 
ery, Ala. 

Southern Presbtyerian Church. 

Rev. John Van Lear, Racial Commission of Ark- 
ansas, Little Rock, Ark. 
Dr. D. D. Little, Minister, formerly teacher at 
Stillman Institute. Columbia, Tenn. 

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Dr. John Little, Presbyterian Colored Missions, 
540 Roselane, Louisville, Ky. 

Dr. J. R. McCain, Member Home Mission Board, 
Vice President Agnes Scott, Decatur, Ga. 

Dr. W. H- Mills, Minister; rep. Clemson College. 
Clemson, S. C. 

Dr. S. L. Morris, Secretary of Home Missions, 
Atlanta, Ga. 

Dr. Egbert W- Smith, Executive Secretary of 
Forei'gn Missions, Nashville, Tenn. 

Dr. Henry H. Sweets, Secretary of Education- 
410 Urban Bldg., Louisville, Ky. 

Dr. J. G. Ver.able, Inter-Racial Commission, Pas- 
tor Riverside Presbyterian Church, 1528 Her- 
schell St., Jacksonville, Fla. 

Mr. George White, Member Executive Commit- 
tee of Home Missions, 115 Lucile Ave., At- 
lanta, Ga. 

Presbyterian Church, U- S. A. 

Rev. J. P. Cotton, Supt. Home Missions in State 

of Alabama, Inglenook, Birmingham, Ala. 
Dr. Wm. J. Martin, President Davidson College, 

Davidson, N. C 
Rev. R. L. Phelps, Home Mission Board, West 

Point, Miss. 
Mr. John H. DeWitt, Laviryer; member, 906 Stahl- 

man Bldg., Nashville, Tenn. 

Disciples of Christ. 

Dr. Geo. Wm. Brown, Rep. Transylvania College, 

422 Davidson Court, Lexington, Ky. 
Dr. O. P. Spiegel, Cor. Sec. Alabama Christian 

Missionary Co-operation, P. O. Box No. 6, 

Montgomery, Ala. 
Dr. D. H. Starns, Sec. Miss. Christian Mission. 

ar}' Societ3% 1106 Grove St., Vicksburg, Miss. 

Con.gregational Church, 

Dr. F. A. McKenzic, President Fis.k University, 
Nashville, Tenn. 

Dr. Geo. B. Waldron, Florida Supt. of Congre- 
gational 'Home Missionary Society, P. O. Box 
1491, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Young Mens Christian Associations. 

Mr. W. R. Chapman, Member Inter-iRaciail Com- 
mittee for Alabama, Dolhan, Ala. 

Dr. J. O. Grogan, Inter-Racial Secretary for Ala- 
bama, 1412 Jefferson County Bank Bldg., 
Birmingham, Ala. 

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Mr. G- B. nines, District Secretary Y. M. C. A.. 
Box 793, Lake Charles, La. 

Mr. J. S Hunter, Inter-Racial Secretary for North 
Carolina, Charlotte, N. C. 

Mr. G. C. Huntington, State Secretary for North 
Carolina, Charlotte, N. C. 

Mr. Minis W- Lee, State Secretary for Alabama, 
1412 Jefferson County Bank BIdg., Birming- 
ham, Ala. 

Mr. A. A. Sheddan, Inter-Racial Secretary for 
Florida, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Representing Educational and Social Agencies. 

Mr R.. F. Beasley, State Commissioner of Pub- 
lic Welfare, Representing State Board of 
Charities and Public Welfare, Raleigh, N. C. 

Mr. Jackson Davis, Field Agent General Educa- 
tion Board, 808 Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 

Richmond, Va. 

Mr. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Representing University 

Race Commission, Faculty University of 

North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 

Dr. Howard W- Odum, University of North Caro- 
lina, Representing School of Public Welfare, 
Chapel Hill, N. C. 
Mr. iLeo. M. Favrot, Supervisor of Rural .Schools 
for Negroes, Baton Rouge, La. 

Mr. R. C. Lewis, Asst. Supervisor of Rural 
Schools for Negroes, Baton, Rouge, La. 

Mrs. T. W. Bickett, Representing National Board 
Y W. C. A., Raleigh, N. C. 



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LETTERS 



The conference was an eye opener to me. 
Rev. J. P. Cotton, ^Representing 
The Board of Home Missions 
of the Presbyterian Church, 
U. S. A., Birmingham. 
Ala. 

I greatly enjoyed the privileges of the Confer- 
ence and I think I got many ideas that will help 
me in my work. I hope also to be able to con- 
tribute something towards the solution of these 
great problems. 

Rev. W. H. Smith, 127 S. Court St., 

Acting Secretary of Ala. 
Baptist State Executive 
Board. 

We had a good time and I believe much good 
will come from such conferences. I shall be glad 
to be on your mailing list. 

Rev. O. P. Spiegel, Corresponding 
Secretary, Alabama Chris- 
tian Missionary Co-oper- 
ation. 

I believe this conference will have very strong 
influence in promoting the interracial worlk. 
Rev .Joseph G. Venable, Riverside 

(Presbyterian Church, Jack- 
sonville. Fla. 

I enjoyed it very much indeed. 

Rev. S. L- Morris, D- D., Sec- 
tary Home Missions, Pres- 
■byterian Church, U. S. 

1 think the conference was well worth while, 
and I hope through the College as weill as in my 
own denomination to help in the work. 

J. R. McCain, Vice Pres. Agnes 

Scott Col. and Member Southern 
Presbyterian Home Mission 
Committee. 

I greatly enjoyed the frankness and saneness 
of the brethren who attended the conference. I 
am persuaded that if some other conferences 
were held by States, it would greatly help the 



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leaders of both races to meet and solve the 
serious problems involved. I cannot too strongly 
emphasize my conviction that you are working 
along the right line in laying the emphasis on 
the work of the local committee composed of 
the recognized, Christian leaders of both races 
in a given community- 
Rev. Arch C. Cree, D. D., Execu- 
tive Secretary of Georgia Bap- 
tist Convention. 

The conference was a great step forward in a 

good cause. 

Rev. J. B. Adams, Corresponding 
Missionary Secretary, Kentucky 
Conference, M- E. Church 

South. 

The conference seemed to me to 'be very valu- 
able, and I lam conscious of having a better grasp 
of the difficult situation than I had before. 
Rev. Charles S. Gardner, D. D. 
Southern Baptist Theological 

Seminary. 

I am very glad that I had the opportunity to 
be with you .it the Blue Ridge meeting.- I en- 
joyed the conference and the surroundings. 

Any time that I can be of service to you or 
the cause you are furthering let me know and 
1 will be glad to lend my aid. 

Rev. U. G. Foote, Rayne Memorial M. E. 
Church, and President of New 
Orleans Ministers Alliance. 

I am very glad that I had the privilege of at- 
tending this conference, and I shall do what I 
can to. create a Christian sentiment in favor 
of just treatment for the negro. 

Rev. N. E. Joyner, Missionary 
Louisiana Conference. 

Allow me to state that I think your conference 
was a great gathering. I am persuaded that 
great constructive good was done there. 

Rev. Thos. N. Potts, Missionary Secre- 
tary, Virginia Conference. 

I have been feeling no little satisfaction with 
the result of our Inter-Racial Conference at Blue 
Ridge. 

Rt. Rev. Theodore D. Bratton, D. D. 

Bishop of Diocese of Mississippi. 

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Let us all be brave and courageous to the great 
worlk before us as Southern leaders. 

Rev. George Smeade, Arch Deacon 
of Episcopal Church, Jackson, 
Mississippi. 

The conference was stimulating and construc- 
tive and I believe it will result in m«ch good. 
Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, Bishop 
of East Carolina, Wilmington, 
N. C. 

'VVliile I took very little active part in the con- 
ference, I consider it one of the most wortn- 
while meetings I ever attended and the impres- 
sions I gathered will be invaluable to me in my 
work here. I wish you the greatest success and 
will co-operate in any way possible. 

Mr. S. H. Hobbs, Jr., Prof. Rural Social 
Science, University of North 
Carolina, Chaipel Hill, N. C 

I appreciate most highly the privilege of a 
share in that most significant conference. 
Dr. F. A. McKenzie, President Fisk 
University. 

I think the conference was well worth while 
and believe much good will come therefrom. You 
are doing a needed work in a constructive way. 
Rev. J. E- Crawford, Missionary 
Secretary, Central Texas Con- 
ference. 

The enclosed editorial, appearing in this morn- 
ings Houston Post, should greatly ease any an- 
xiety over the question of "Justice." I enjoyed 
greatly the conference and want to thank you 
for the opportunity. 

Rt. Rev Clinton S. Quinn, Diocese 
of Texas, Bishop Coadjutor, 
Houston, Texas. 

I greatly enjoyed the Conference and have 
been thinking and talking to the leaders of our 
church .about this great problem. 

If at any time I can help you, will be glad 
to do so. 

Rev. J. E. Morgan, Texas Conference, 
M. E. Church. 

Rt. Rev. Wm. Mercer Green, D. D. 
Diocesan Director Campaign. 
It was a great conference and will mean much, 
I believe. Recent lynchings here have not been 
encouraging. Our task in creating a right pub- 
lic sentiment is large. It must be done" 

(Signed) Wm. Mercer Green- 

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